On August 28, 2012 I ignited the conversation about children with Asperger’s Syndrome, PDD-NOS, Non-Verbal Learning Disability, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and how these children are egregiously underserved in MIÂ and across the U.S. I spoke to how the IDEA does not recognize them and neither do a majority of states. How too many […]
Inaction is not an option; the silence is not working Read More »
I am both at a loss for words and infuriatingly angry about the massacre today in Newtown Conn. there are reports that the shooter Adam Lanza had a Developmental Delay; possible Asperger’s, a personality disorder…what is devastatingly obvious is that Adam Lanza needed psychiatric help and did not get what he needed. We live in
As a mother and educational advocate I watch children and adults as they suffer and struggle with undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, improperly treated psychiatric illnesses and developmental disorders. I see children devastated by our public schools that have not built the capacity to offer appropriate special education programs and services…and at this juncture will never in our
It is easier to get a gun than obtain psychiatric services Read More »
As a former Board member for the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation now known as the Balanced Mind Foundation, I am outraged and saddened that Ms. Resko and the Board would use the Newtown tragedy to raise money for their organization. Further, I am depressed and put off by Ms. Resko’s condescending attitude toward Liza
I too could be Adam Lanza’s mother, without the guns of course Read More »
Finally a brutally honest article about IDEA and how it has been a 37 year-old failure. This article speaks to the special education administrators that willfully don’t enforce IDEA or allow education personnel to identify children in need of special education programs and services due to budgetary constraints. So ask yourself this? Shouldn’t every possible child
IDEA: A 37 Year Failure Read More »
